Palau

News about Palau, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.

General Information on Palau

Official Name: Republic of Palau
Capital: Koror (Current local time)
Government Type: Constitutional government in free association with the United States
Population: 20.84 million
Area: 250 square miles (eight main lands and more than 250 islets)
Languages: Palauan is official in all islands except Sonsoral (Sonsoralese and English are official), Tobi (Tobi and English are official), and Angaur (Angaur, Japanese, and English are official), Filipino, English, Chinese, Carolinian, Japanese
GDP Per Capita: $7,600
Year of Independence: 1994

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In Palau, the Maldives, the Bahamas and some other scuba-diving destinations, tourism operators have gotten across the message to governments that there are economically rational reasons to protect the fish.

November 1, 2009, Sunday

Palau, an island nation in the Western Pacific, is banning fishing for sharks in its waters, Matt Rand, director of the Pew Environment Group's shark conservation program, said Thursday. Mr. Rand said Johnson Toribiong, the country's president, would...